Midnight Oil reform for world tour

Seminal Australian band Midnight Oil are reforming to go on their first world tour in over 20 years.

Midnight Oil are reforming and heading out on their first world tour in over two decades.

The seminal Australian band announced the six month tour aboard a boat on Sydney harbour on Friday morning, which will begin in South America before they return home for 18 gigs.

The original line-up of Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie, Rob Hirst, Martin Rotsey and Bones Hillman sat at the bow of the Mari Nawi boat on Sydney Harbour in temperatures approaching 30 degrees as they addressed waiting media.